The Winsalute

Look at this bastard:

 

The other day, I ate a banana as I was getting ready in the morning. Winston was still in bed. When I went into my room to get my shit together, he started sniffing the air. He must have smelled it on my fingers or breath and, evidently, he was pissed that he wasn't invited to share in it because when I walked back into the living room a few minutes later, he was there, sitting on my keyboard looking up at me. I really think he was doing it to spite me. We've run into this problem before. Once, he ended up somehow deleting an entire recap I did for work when I left my computer open overnight. Thank god Wordpress saves every draft individually, otherwise I might be wearing Winston as earmuffs now.

But that's not the point of this post...

The point is that there's this way he loves to sit with right paw extended and left paw tucked that I find totally confusing. It's just one more thing that makes me convinced that this cat isn't a cat at all, but an alien here to, I don't know, eat bananas and poop in bathtubs. An alien here to weird out and annoy. This is his version of the Vulcan salute:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess he flipped things around in the last one since he wasn't actually on the computer, potentially destroying my work, so the whole situation was thrown off.

Anyway, I love that this seems to serve no function. Does he figure that if someone comes with a table saw and gets the extended leg, he'll at least have the other one? Does he figure at all?

Bonus shout-out:

A reader named Lesley Robin, who writes the blog Floating Robot, also has an Etsy store, in which she offers little plaques that are made to look like faux-taxidermy rendered in clay. She sent me one of Winston:

 

I conferred with he who has been immortalized in polymer...

...and he approves.

Comments

[steele]

The Internet is always in need of moar Winston! :D YAY!

[Gen]

Too adorable! Thanks for the Winnie update <3

[Chris]

A Winston day is a great day to throw a party!!!

[adam]

Wow, never thought a gay man and pussy would make such an appealing and entertaining combination.

[gluegungeisha]

my cat pees in the bathtub every time i go pee in my toilet. its kind of cute in a way, im glad he doesnt poop in there!

[gg]

I love all of the pictures of the Winsalute. Hilarious!

[Gregoire]

For a cat that looks like President William Howard Taft, he's awfully adorable.

[jd]

god, I love cats and their alien pod like ways.

[ruby]

my male cat sits like that too! my two girl kitties, however, do not. is it maybe a gender thing?

also, i'm sure you've been asked this MANY times, but are there any pictures of Winston as a kitten? i can't really imagine what he would look like as a baby, and it's sort of blowing my mind.

[Jess]

My dog likes to lay with her paws doing the same thing. Actually she is sleeping like that right now

[Cheryl]

Oh that last picture is pure love..I didn't think anything could outcute Winston reading his own book...until now! His crankyness makes me smile =)

[Cassie]

Big Winstey fan here.

fyi, my etsy shop is devoted to the cult of the smooshy-face (I have three "winstons" [exotic shorthairs] of mine own):

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5730945

Love the update, as always :D

[Wiggs]

Oh my god he is DARLING. You are hilarious, and so is he.

[serge]

You got camouflage bedspread??
How fucking cute!!

[Claire]

ow. i read that Winston was on facebook so i rushed to look him up but it wasn't him! I'm so disappointed. Can you give him a big kiss from me? Love Claire.

[Mandy]

My female long-hair sits like that. But, she's got some serious tortitude going on.

Glad you posted some Winston today because I was seriously having withdrawls.

And, you know, cats ARE aliens. At least, mine are.

[le]

i love winston. he is my second favorite internet cat.

rich, what you need is this thing for osx called 'cat nip' - it detects "cat like typing" and locks your screen so your cat can't like, send that half written drunken email to your ex that you left up on your screen. not that i write those.

http://kisonecat.com/software/cat-nip/

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT IN ACTION with my cat:
http://elly.org/foto/2008/cat-typing-detected

<3

[Driver B]

Winnie, you imperious little bastard! I have missed your big round face.

[Julia]

I have nothing interesting to say, just AWWWWWWW.

[Blonde Savant]

My best friend's cat sits like that too! He also humps. Like a dog.
She calls it the Nazi arm. She's Jewish, so it's funny when she does it.

[Leslie]

Winnie looks pissed off in all/most of those pics.

My kitty does the same thing, only with her back legs.

[Gwynneth Reitz]

I had such a shit day and needed a new dose of Winston...thank you so much.

[Groovymarlin]

I love how he looks so pissed off in every picture. It's his markings, I bet he's actually not pissed at all...well, not much. Well, not ALL the time.

[tiana]

You have a Pandapple plush. I love you.

[Reese]

Winston reminds me of Stewie Griffin for some reason. Like he's plotting to take out Rich and the entire world.

Stewie Griffin is Winston...think about it.